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Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...
Starting this election, all voting has been moved from the Brunswick Junior High School to the Recreation Center on Brunswick ...
Artificial intelligence is only as strong as the data that shapes it. Discover why high-quality data is the foundation for ...
Modern airline bookings began with a chance meeting of two men sharing a surname on an American Airlines flight in 1953.